A moderately skilled hacker can get into your online accounts and wreak havoc - and changing your passwords will barely slow them down. Here are four steps to protect yourself and your data.
Last week, a hacker got into Mat Honan's Apple account, remotely erased the data on his iPhone, iPad and MacBook, deleted his Google account, commandeered his Twitter account, and then posted a string of nasty stuff under Honan's name.